Sean McCormick

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Many readers of the Bible could arguably ignore with impunity the two roles already discussed. Many people in the pews feel no need of further illumination of the background—to them it is irrelevant to God’s Word. Similarly, those whose beliefs about the Bible are not under attack may feel no inclination to explore the defense of the text. They assume the text to be reliable and perhaps do not even care if others think differently. This third category, however, we ignore at our peril.
Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible
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